Successful forecasting requires integrating financial theory, market behavior, exploding
sources of data, and computational innovation. Building accurate computational models can be …

The authors examine the research process and principles underlying successful models
used in quantitative equity strategies. They identify three key factors they see contributing to …

The Affordable Care Act aims to increase affordable coverage, reduce overall costs, and
improve health outcomes. To achieve these aims, new knowledge and skills must be built within …

In this article, we discuss the fundamentals of the market structure and trading, along with
how these impact the execution of investment strategies. From a practitioner perspective, we …

Forecasting tournaments have shown it is possible to improve the accuracy of forecasts of
real-world events that sophisticated observers often supposed are too idiosyncratic to be …

Special operations missions are both enduring and compelling in nature. In the past,
special operations forces SOF led the way for conventional forces by applying cutting-edge …

There has been a tremendous amount of discussion associated with workforce retraining
since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since its inception, it has been clear that …

Ever since the 1937 disappearance of American aviation pioneers Amelia Earhart and Fred
Noonan–or at least since World War II, rumors have been rife about their appearance in …

This study investigates whether stock market reactions to earnings information of firms that
release their earnings close to quarter-end (Early) are systematically different from their …

A factor is a common character among a group of assets. In the equities market, for example,
it could be a particular financial ratio such as the price‐earnings ratio or the book‐price ratio…